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Ancient Mesoamerica

Ancient Mesoamerica

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Social Studies

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5th - 9th Grade

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Hard

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Joseph Anderson

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17 Slides • 23 Questions

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5/24 Mesoamerica Civilizations Review

​Ancient Civilizations of Latin America

This includes the area between North America and South America called Central America

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Ancient Civilizations Mesoamerica

Cultural area in Central America that extends from central Mexico to the tip of South America in what is now Belize

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Multiple Choice

Cultural area in central America that extends from central Mexico through the continent of South America

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Mesoamerica

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Assimilate

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Terrace farming

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House of Burgess

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Earliest Meso and South American cultures

Olmecs: Oldest civilization, known for their huge stone sculptures (large heads) see the pictures https://www.google.com/search?q=olmecs&rlz=1C1GCEB_enUS1008US1012&oq=Olmecs&aqs=chrome.0.0i433i512j0i512l8j0i10i512.4034j0j15&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8

Maya: farmed and built pyramids

Aztec: located in central Mexico, were skilled warriors

Inca: located in South America (mainly Peru) and used quipu as a way to keep records

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The name Olmec is a Nahuatl—the Aztec language—word; it means the rubber people.

Important!

The Olmec were the first major civilization in Mexico. They lived in the tropical lowlands on the Gulf of Mexico in the present-day Mexican states of Veracruz and Tabasco.

Did you Know..

Who were the Olmec?

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Multiple Choice

The Olmec were the first major civilization in ________. Their name is Nahuatl—of the ______ language—word; it means the ________ people.

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Aztec, Mexico, Aztec

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Mexico, Aztec, Rubber

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Inca, Mexico, Aztec

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Mayan, Aztec, Incan

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Multiple Choice

Which civilization is considered the "Mother Culture" of early Central America?

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the Olmec

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the Inca

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the Maya

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the Aztec

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Multiple Choice

What group of people did the giant stone heads belong to?

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Mexica

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Aztec

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Olmec

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Maya

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Terrace Farming

method of farming in which steps are cut into a hillside to provide a flat surface for growing crops.

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Multiple Choice

method of farming in which steps are cut into a hillside to provide a flat surface for growing crops

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House of Burgess

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Terrace Farming

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Colombian Exchange

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Mesoamerica

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Multiple Choice

Which kingdom was the biggest in the Americas, based in the Andes Mountains of Peru?

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the Olmec

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the Inca

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the Maya

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the Aztec

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Multiple Choice

What did the Incas use to link the various tribes?

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the internet

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money

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roads

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cellular phone technology

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Multiple Choice

What city was known as the city of the clouds?

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Los Angeles

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Bolivia

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North America

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Machu Picchu

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Multiple Choice

What was the central city of the Incas?

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Teotihuacan

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Rio De Janiero

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Cuzco, Peru

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San Diego

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Multiple Choice

The Incan civilization developed

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along a narrow desert bordering the Pacific Ocean.

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in the jungles of the Amazon rainforest.

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in the Andes mountains of South America.

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on islands off the coast of South America.

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Multiple Choice

The group that ruled the Aztec empire was known as

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the Supreme Council.

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the Triple Alliance.

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the War Council.

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the absolute monarchy.

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Multiple Choice

The Aztec Empire

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controlled all of present-day Mexico.

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extended from central Mexico to Guatemala.

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controlled only the Valley of Mexico.

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had a population of one million people.

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Multiple Choice

Which civilization was located around Lake Texcoco?

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the Aztec civilization

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the Mayan civilization

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the Inca civilization

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the Chumash civilization

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Multiple Choice

The Aztecs built _____________ for land to farm.

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chinampas.

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dikes.

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aqueducts.

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basins.

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Slash-and-Burn Agriculture

the process of cutting, burning, and clearing land for agriculture

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Multiple Choice

the process of cutting, burning, and clearing land for agriculture

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Assimilate

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House of Burgess

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Slash-and Burn Agriculture

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Colombian Exchange

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Multiple Choice

Tenochtitlan was ________.

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a city built by the Aztecs in what is now Mexico City

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an Incan city built on a 9,000-foot mountain

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the city where the first Olmec stone heads were discovered

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a Mayan city with more than 3,000 structures

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Multiple Choice

Where did the Mayan civilization develop?

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in what is now Ecuador

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in what is now Mexico City

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in the Andes Mountains

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in the Yucatan Peninsula

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Multiple Choice

Where were the advanced agriculturists and city-states located?

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Yucatan

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Peru

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Machu Pichu

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California

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Multiple Choice

The losers of the Mayan ball games were ________.

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forced into slavery

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killed in a ritual

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exiled from the kingdom

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shunned for a year

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Multiple Choice

The Maya writing system was _____________.

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Hieroglyphics

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Cuneiform

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Demotic

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Multiple Choice

Maya astronomers created three

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star charts.

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mathematics.

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observatories.

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calendars.

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Multiple Choice

Why did the Mayan civilization disappear in 869?

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The Spanish came looking for gold and riches

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Smallpox killed off the population

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We don't know!

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The Aztecs conquered them

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Multiple Choice

The Mesoamericans used _____________________ to farm the rainforest.

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Contour plowing

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Silt Fences

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Slash-and-burn agriculture

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Crop Rotation

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